Three years after Lin Mei's awakening, the Sovereign Alliance had a problem nobody wanted to name out loud.
Tang Yong named it in a private meeting with Chen Wei on a Tuesday morning.
"The second generation is stronger than the first. By a significant margin." He set the assessment files on the desk. Twelve children of System bearers. All showing evolution rates that outpaced anything the training protocols expected. "They are not following the standard curves. They are breaking them."
Chen Wei picked up the top file. Nineteen-year-old male. Son of one of the original Phoenix Rising defectors. System variance showing 34% faster progression than his father's baseline.
"This is not a problem," Chen Wei said.
"The council thinks it is."
"Which faction?"
"The old bloodline clan represen
